Make sure<div><ol><li>The SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections (this is off by default)</li><li>Port<font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"> 1433 is open and not being blocked by firewall</span></font></li>
</ol><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 9:38 AM, Athar Ahmad Bhatti <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:atharab@gmail.com">atharab@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Dear friends<br>
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I wish you a lovely day.<br>
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I am getting an error on redhat 5 not connecting to microsoft sql via isql. The error is that could not resolve destination host. I have even tried using the ip address of the instance.<br>
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Kindly help.<br>
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Thanks in advance<br>
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Athar<br>
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